pmorriso@gara.une.oz.au (Perry Morrison MATH) (08/15/90)
I am interested in researching the history, incidence,forms of and motivations behind computer "crime". I'm not certain how the latter can (should) be defined (hopefully this will be clarified in the research process) but I'm interested in system break-ins, unauthorized copying, computer mediated fraud or theft, and various interpretations of hacking, as well as any other behaviours that verge (in some minds) upon criminality. This is an enormous area, but this I'm making a boots 'n all effort. Pointers to research summaries, key articles/journals/books and authorities in these areas would be greatly appreciated. I'm not particularly interested in the legal situation regarding these activities- mostly estimates of scale, methods and techniques, the "kind" of persons involved and what their motivations are. I'll post a summary if there is sufficient demand. Please don't flame this possibly naive and uninformed request. And thanks for any help. Perry Morrison